Trade Rumours 2025

[GVGjr]

Wonder why we have cooled on Butts?

Perhaps the player wants to stay and give it another year

[SquirrelGrip]

No Big Butts according to Gabelich

I like Big Butts I cannot lie.

[jazzadogs]

I like Big Butts I cannot lie.

I prefer Big Butters.

[Eastdog]

I prefer Big Butters.

Offer him the best real estate on the Strand or Esplanade in Williamstown to get him over

[Pleather Sole]

I'd be content with an experienced, sound, not cooked, big bodied tall FB.

[Willow18]

I'd be content with an experienced, sound, not cooked, big bodied tall FB.

There isn’t one

[Pleather Sole]

There isn’t one

There are plenty, few available and we haven't planned well enough to have one or be able to lure one.

[Willow18]

There are plenty, few available and we haven't planned well enough to have one or be able to lure one.

I can’t name one KPD that would come in and take the #1 option every week, that is currently available. Butts is probably the only one, but it makes zero sense for him to move, a year out from free agency after hardly playing.

Tyler Young has hardly played AFL football at the age of 27, Serong is more a 3rd key, May, McGovern, Frost are horrible options

[Pleather Sole]

I can’t name one KPD that would come in and take the #1 option every week, that is currently available. Butts is probably the only one, but it makes zero sense for him to move, a year out from free agency after hardly playing.

Tyler Young has hardly played AFL football at the age of 27, Serong is more a 3rd key, May, McGovern, Frost are horrible options

I said 'few available' and agree May, McGovern and Frost are break glass only. Derksen is worth a go for peanuts.
We haven't planned well. This has been years in the making. We failed at it last year too.
There are plenty of A grade KPD's in the comp, unfortunately we've been remiss over several years and not gone hard enough, prioritised early enough to ensure we're not in this position again, Liam Jones has succumbed to Father Time and we have no-one of his quality to replace him.
We can't just keep blaming the comp.
We've been cobbling together backlines since 2021. Not good enough.
We don't have an experienced KPD anchor FB that provides enough for the young guys to develop around, and it is our fault.
Unless the kennel has an A grade KPD up its sleeve we don't yet know about? I'd be content if thats the case.

[Aidan7557]

Josh Gabelich
@JoshGabelich
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2m
Jordon Butts is expected to remain at Adelaide in 2026. North Melbourne & the Western Bulldogs considered the key defender but not planning to pursue him ahead of his free agency season
@AFLcomau

@traderadio

Why would we not pursue him? Just seems so odd. Maybe the club doesn't rate him, at least I hope that is the reason.

[The Underdog]

Why would we not pursue him? Just seems so odd. Maybe the club doesn't rate him, at least I hope that is the reason.

Probably because they asked if he would come and he said no. They’ve clearly already had discussions and he’s decided to stay.

[Warrnambulldog]

If nothing is standing out, I can see us leaving a spot open and having some key defenders trial to see if we can find a diamond in the rough. Beats getting someone we know isn’t an improvement on Gardner

[Willow18]

I said 'few available' and agree May, McGovern and Frost are break glass only. Derksen is worth a go for peanuts.
We haven't planned well. This has been years in the making. We failed at it last year too.
There are plenty of A grade KPD's in the comp, unfortunately we've been remiss over several years and not gone hard enough, prioritised early enough to ensure we're not in this position again, Liam Jones has succumbed to Father Time and we have no-one of his quality to replace him.
We can't just keep blaming the comp.
We've been cobbling together backlines since 2021. Not good enough.
We don't have an experienced KPD anchor FB that provides enough for the young guys to develop around, and it is our fault.
Unless the kennel has an A grade KPD up its sleeve we don't yet know about? I'd be content if thats the case.

I actually think that type of KPD hardly exists around the league anymore, we obviously tried with Barrass and missed last year, he would have been a huge pick up.

Crows: Murray, Keane, Butts
Lions: Andrews, Payne, Gardiner
Blues: Weitering
Pies: Moore, Frampton
Dons: McKay
Freo: Pearce, Cox
Cats: SDK
Suns: Collins, Ballard, J. Graham, Adams
GWS: Taylor, Buckley
Hawks: Barrass
Dees: Lever, May, McDonald
North: Pink, Comben
Port: Aliir, BZT
Tigers: Miller, Young, Balta
Saints: Howard, Caminiti
Swans: Melican, McCartin
Eagles: H. Edwards

it goes from the absolute A graders, and captains of their club, to players we wouldn’t touch (Pink etc.) and for most, they only have 2 guys on their list.

we need to work it out with structure, Cats do it with Jack Henry, Stewart, O’Sullivan & Blicavs. SDK probably isn’t even quite that type.

i have no doubt that Jones letting Father Time catch up royally screwed us this season.

[soupman]

They literally all do it . Trade period is really content period behind closed doors and there is no way it should run for more then a few days. 80% of the big moves get done on the last day. I swear it's an AFL deal with the media companies to give them something to talk about for a couple weeks. Regan certainly did his best Power impression.

I think it should go from today till after the draft. I don't understand why there has to be such a tight time limit on it.

Maybe everything happens late because it takes a week to do all the discussions and by then you're up to the deadline and just need to make it happen. Maybe extra time allows more complicated deals (like us theoretically collecting top 10 picks to use on Butters).

Also allows extra time to convince players to come across/condider a life changing decision. Say Butters deal is a possibility, and Port declare Freijah is the guy they need to make it happen, it'd be tough for him to go from holiday mode to having to make a decision like that within a few days (and discussing with his gf, meet with Port, suss out Adelaide etc) because we have arbitrarily decided it only needs to be a week.

[dukedog]

I'd be content with an experienced, sound, not cooked, big bodied tall FB.

mate. be realistic please.